diff --git a/src/components/LoginPage.js b/src/components/LoginPage.js
index a5bcec8..3058b45 100644
--- a/src/components/LoginPage.js
+++ b/src/components/LoginPage.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState } from "react";
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import {
   fetchUtils,
   FormDataConsumer,
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   actions: {
     padding: "0 1em 1em 1em",
   },
+  serverVersion: {
+    color: "#9e9e9e",
+    fontFamily: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
+    marginBottom: "1em",
+    marginLeft: "0.5em",
+  },
 }));
 
 const LoginPage = ({ theme }) => {
@@ -138,6 +144,7 @@ const LoginPage = ({ theme }) => {
 
   const UserData = ({ formData }) => {
     const form = useForm();
+    const [serverVersion, setServerVersion] = useState("");
 
     const handleUsernameChange = _ => {
       if (formData.base_url) return;
@@ -158,6 +165,30 @@ const LoginPage = ({ theme }) => {
       }
     };
 
+    useEffect(
+      _ => {
+        if (
+          !formData.base_url ||
+          !formData.base_url.match(/^(http|https):\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\-.]+$/)
+        )
+          return;
+        const versionUrl = `${formData.base_url}/_synapse/admin/v1/server_version`;
+        fetchUtils
+          .fetchJson(versionUrl, { method: "GET" })
+          .then(({ json }) => {
+            setServerVersion(
+              `${translate("synapseadmin.auth.server_version")} ${
+                json["server_version"]
+              }`
+            );
+          })
+          .catch(_ => {
+            setServerVersion("");
+          });
+      },
+      [formData.base_url]
+    );
+
     return (
       <div>
         <div className={classes.input}>
@@ -190,6 +221,7 @@ const LoginPage = ({ theme }) => {
             fullWidth
           />
         </div>
+        <div className={classes.serverVersion}>{serverVersion}</div>
       </div>
     );
   };
diff --git a/src/i18n/de.js b/src/i18n/de.js
index a467c1a..05d9a6e 100644
--- a/src/i18n/de.js
+++ b/src/i18n/de.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export default {
     auth: {
       base_url: "Heimserver URL",
       welcome: "Willkommen bei Synapse-admin",
+      server_version: "Synapse Version",
       username_error: "Bitte vollständigen Nutzernamen angeben: '@user:domain'",
       protocol_error: "Die URL muss mit 'http://' oder 'https://' beginnen",
       url_error: "Keine gültige Matrix Server URL",